It's not fair to blame the entire police force. It was John Eller that told responding officers to treat the Rs as victims and not as suspects. I guarantee you had one like Steve Thomas been on the scene that day instead of Linda Arndt (who had been trained on handling victims), things would have gone down differently. Imo, Arndt was intentionally left there alone for as long as she was, and it should be no surprise to anyone that she later became the scapegoat.
Yes, the police bungling the case form the 911 call on was a travesty, but just as bad were the Ramseys lawyering up and hiding behind their attorneys, refusing to interview with police while details were still fresh in their minds. The Rs displayed a SHOCKING lack of interest in cooperating with police to solve this case, more so than any other parents of a murdered child I have ever seen, and I believe some of the burden of this case still being unsolved should fall directly on the shoulders of the Ramseys, who had every obligation to JonBenet to see her murder solved, killer apprehended, and justice served.
Then they went and hired investigators not to search for the killer - but to keep them out of jail. Hello? Who's the most important here? JonBenet? Oh, hell, no - it's John and Patsy Ramsey. Even that book they wrote is nothing but self-serving crap, designed to pimp their image of wholesome goodness and abject innocence.
They should have been thinking of their baby lying in her GRAVE instead of their next appearance on The 700 Club, or wallpapering their new kitchen with PINEAPPLE wallpaper.